Lacing-hook for boots and the like.



B. G. CLARK.

LAGING HOOK FOR BOOTS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1909.

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BYRON GEORGE CLAIR-K, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

LACING-I-IOOK FOR BOOTS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 29, 1909.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912..

Serial No. 530,341.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON GEORGE CLARK, citizen of the United States ofAmerica,-residing at Birmingham, county of Warwick, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Hooks for Bootsand the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lacing hooks for use with boots or the like.

A hook constructed according to this invention has a head formed roundlike a button and has means for maintaining laces in situ, approximatelyin the center of the button at the point of engagement therewith.

Further features of the invention will be evident from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in whichV Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the hook and shank before theinsertion in the boot; Fig. 2 is a rear view of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is aplan view of Fig. 1.

The hook is stamped or formed in its main outlines in any well-known orconvenient manner. According to one feature of this invention, however,the head A is formed circular in plan and slightly domedas shown in Fig.1 to give it the appearance of a button. The shank B is extended upwardat the back to present a projecting hump or abutment B against which thelace will engage as hereinafter more particularly described. The shankis continued by a crook like portion A the continuation of which formsthe head A. The crook A is so formed that the lower edge A of the head Awill be approximately at the same level as the upper edge of theextended portion B of the shank B.

In the construction of the hook, the wall of the part intermediate ofand connecting the head A and shank B is bent or forced inwardly to forma hump provided with a rounded surface for the lace to engage upon.Owing to the edge A of the head A being approximately at the same levelas the upper edge of the extended shank portion B (or on a level withthe lower member of the crook A the lace will be prevented from passinginto the crooked portion A It is therefore clear that the lace inengaging with the hump B will remain substantially in the center of thebutton and among other advantages the disadvantage which frequentlyoccurs in hooks of this description, namely the head being torn upward,will be prevented.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Alacing hook having a head and a shank, and an intermediate partconnecting the head at the rear thereof with the rear wall of the shank,the rear wall of the shank being extended upwardly to form a lace bearcoing shoulder, then substantially at a right angle, and then reversely toform the head.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

BYRON GEORGE CLARK.

Witnesses:

HARRY B. BRIDGES, CLAUDE S. R. MCKENZIE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

